John Wales

John Wales (31 July 1783-3 December 1863) was a US Senator from Delaware (W) from 23 February 1849 to 3 March 1851, succeeding John M. Clayton and preceding James A. Bayard Jr..

Biography
John Wales was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1783, and he was admitted to the bar in 1801. He practiced law in New Haven and Philadelphia before moving to Wilmington, Delaware in 1815. He worked as a lawyer and bank president before serving as Secretary of State of Delaware from 1845 to 1849 and as a US Senator from 1849 to 1851, finishing John M. Clayton's term. Wales was then involved with the abolitionist movement, and he also founded Newark College, now the University of Delaware. He died in 1863.